Barbarian warriors likely snorted stimulants during battle in Roman times, according to a new study that sheds more light on the fighting practices of the Germanic community. Researchers have ...

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Learn why the use of a tiny spoon likely suggests that Germanic communities used psychotropic drugs for battle.

Tom and Dominic reveal one of the greatest stories in all of history: the rise the Franks. Europe’s mightiest warriors, warlords and kings, whose legacy reshaped the world.

The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.

the emperor Trajan mustered tens of thousands of Roman troops, crossed the Danube River on two of the longest bridges the ancient world had ever seen, defeated a mighty barbarian empire on its ...